Tie spacer



. F. M. NEWMAN i Y T IE SPACER Filc ad June 8. 1926 Patented Feb. 15 1192.7.

V TIE SPACER.

Application filed June 8,

This invention relates to tie spacers such as are used on railways for the purpose of properly spacing the ties after they have become bunched together under the action of trains passing over the road and the general object of the invention is to provide a very effective spacing means of this character which embodies a rail anchor, a tie engaging member, and a lever so engaged with the anchor and the tie engaging member that as the lever is oscillated in one direction the anchor will hold on the rail and the tie will be drawn forward andas the lever is drawn in the opposite direction the tie will act as a base of support and the anchor will be forced forward, thus securing a step by step action of the tie spacer to shift the tie from its original position to its predetermined position.

A further object is to provide a mechanism of this character which is simple, easily operated, and whereby ties may be shifted without the aid of railway jacks.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a tie spacer constructed in accordance with my inven- V tion;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof; the rail being in elevation;

' Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4: is a section on the line l4 of Figure 2.

Referring to these drawings A designates the usual rail and adapted to be mounted upon this rail and engage the head thereof is the anchor 10. This anchor is formed to provide two downwardly extending lugs 11 which embrace the head of the rail and lock upon the head of the rail when the anchor is angularly shifted to thus hold the anchor from any further movement. This anchor 10 at one end has the downwardly depressed extension 12 and at the other has an aperture for a bolt 13.

Adapted to engage with the tie B which is to be moved, is a shoe 1 1 which is reenforced upon its upper face by web 15 and has a lug 16 which extends down or hooks behind the tie. This shoe 14 has pivotally mounted upon it a lever 17 fulcrumed at 18 to the shoe and pivotally attached to this lever is the link 19 which in turn is fulcrumed at 20 to the anchor extension 12. Also engaged on the shoe ll is the cross piece 1926. I Serial No. 114,516.

21 which is apertured for the passage of the bolt 13 and extends over the head of the rail.

A coiled compression spring 22 surrounds and thus holds the lug 16 firmly engagedv behind the tie; If now the lever 17 be drawn toward the operator, the link 19 will the rail A and a furthermovement of the lever 17 will shift the shoe 14 forward drawact. to cramp the anchor 10 and it on ing the tie B forward. This forward movestroke of the lever 17 has been secured and it is necessary to shift the tie still further, the movement of the lever 17 is reversed. This will cause the forward movement of the link 19 and the adjacent end of the anchor 10 will be also moved forward. If it were not for the spring 22 the anchor 10 would again cramp upon the rail head but the spring 22 will urge one end of the anchor l0 forward at the same time that the other end of the anchor 10 is urged forward by means of the advancing link 19. When the anchor has been advanced a suitable degree, the movement of the lever is again re versed which will act, as previously described, to draw the tie B again forward. Thus, it will be seen that by oscillating the lever 17 a step by step movement is given to the tie.

My improved tie spacer affordsan exceedingly economical tool forspacing ties under rails. It does away with the need of excavating beneath the tie, it moves the tie without damaging the latter and is a time saver and will work'past any make of rail joint without interruption and operates on either side of the track.

I claim 1. A tie spacer of the character described comprising a rail anchor consisting of a bar having means thereon to embrace the head of the rail and bind there'- 1 ties and having means for engaging behind a tie, the bar constituting the anchor exengaging the ends of said bars remote from the shoe and urging them away from each 7 other. 7 y 7 a r 2. A tie spacer of the character described oonmprising a (rail anehor having means elnbracing the head or the ra'ih the rail anchor binding upon the rail when it s angn larly shifted, a shoe having means at one end whereby it anay be engaged'over a tie,-. a cross piece attached to the opposite end of iv the shoe and adapted to extend across the head of the rail and parallel to the anchor,

acoinpression spring disposed between that j end-of the cross piecereinote from the shoe and the corresponding-end otthe anchor,

' "a lever mounted upon the shoe, a link piv- ,otally connecting said lever to the end of the anchor o eosite the sari and a runner 7 vupon which the forward end of the shoe and the adjacent end of the. cross piece is sup ported.

3. A tie spacer of the character described comprising an anchor having downwardly extending lugs adapted to loosely embrace the head of rail, the'anchor extending out laterally from said lugs and at one end being depressed, .a shoe :havin-g atone end a depending lug adapted :to engage behind a tie, :a cross piece upon which the -othe-r :end of the shoe is supported said cross .piece being adapted to extend across the hea-ci ot the rail parallel to the anchor, :a runner srpportmg said cross niece and the ad ace-n't end ofithe shoe, a :bolt passrngthrongh that end of the cross .piece remote troin the shoe andthrongh the :adgacent end of the anchor,

aspring' surrounding the bolt and urging the cross piece and anchor apart, al'ever pivoted aponthe' forwardend of the shoe, and a link .piyotally connected to the "lever and to the .adjaeentend .01 the anchor.

In testimony-whereof I hereunto affix my signature. r

FRANCES M. newt ma. 

